cracker muddie

[rosco1974]

with the rain about i decided to put some pots out yesterday over the river ,went to check them this morning after gettin the call no work today;D ,the 1st two pots where checked:'( ,my own fault really puttin them in a bit deeper water than i normally crab,in the next pot got the 1st keeper going 7 inches havn't weighed it yet but would be easily over 1.5kg and the next pot had another what was just legal but still a good colour under it and over a kilo


cheers rosco

ps.the 1st two pics are of the biggest crab

[Axl]

Very nice mate we should see a few more muddies turning up with all the fresh washing out the creeks.

[huskii]

rosco, nice work mate. How have you been going with the sandies? I got one not long ago went 18.5cm accross the shell biggest i've seen.

[rosco1974]

huskie,
mate havn't been out for a while for them,was keen to go sunday as the tide was a good 1 but the missus and son wasn't keen when they seen the tsunami warning so pulled the pin,this saturday am going to try for a few,have herd of a few being caught,not sure where i will go though,muddies will keep me going till thenjust got back with another 2
ps.the picks dont do them any justice the 1 i am holding is 6 1/4 inches and the other 1 is in a 26ltr eskie

[huskii]

rosco, yeah mate i was thinking the same over the weekend just gone but the rain put me off, good tide and moon. Good work on the muddies nice size too, fresh sanga's for lunch.

[Braddles]

G'day mate!

Good work!

Do you find you do better in the river o/night?

I would do very average in the day, and collect vast majority with an overnight soak.

WOuld be interested to hear what you have found with regards to night / day.

Regards,

Brad.

[rosco1974]

braddles,
i get bout the same amount of keepers for an overnite soak to a daytime soak,but normally do get more crabs of a nit e soak but normally alot more throw backs,last nite soak prob got 20-25 crabs with 2 keepers to this arvo's 12 crabs with 2 keepers,out of 4 pots
cheers rosco

[Braddles]

Thanks Rosco..

I have not been this year (no boat) - but last year we got loads of Throw backs too.

Some spots, all undersized while other areas they were all good size, but bucks far and few between. Spent a lot of hours finding some decent crab haunts along the river banks. My mate from NSW would almost cry when I was throwing MASSIVE jennies back lol (they keep them legally I believe)...

Its interesting the colour variation too - some of the big ones are a real rust colour, while others are almost black... I wonder if this is related to age, or just variation in shell colour amongst the species.

None the less - a good feed mate and well done!

[MICHAELG]

great catch Rosco

If it wern't for a wedding this w'en i'd out having a go. You a crab magnet

Michael